TELEGRAMS TO S. I. GUSEV AND M. M. LASHEVICH

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Gusev,LashevichRevolutionary Military Council, Eastern FrontSimbirsk

Giveparticular attention to the revolt in the Irgiz
area.[1][2]Take prompt action, mobilise the entire
neighbourhood, discuss whether the insurgents can be crushed
by means of aeroplanes. Immediate and complete
suppression is essential. Why doesn’t Gusev go out? There must be
no delay.

Gusev,LashevichR.M.C., Eastern Front

Iagain draw your attention that the regiments going
to Petrograd must be absolutely reliable—both soldiers
and command personnel. Attend to this yourselves. You
must take upon yourselves full responsibility for seeing
that these regiments do not betray.

Incode11. VI. 1919

LashevichR.M.C., Eastern FrontSimbirsk

Thoughwe perfectly understand the difficulty of your
position, we are absolutely compelled to take from you
more and more. You must therefore exert all efforts to
step up your work on raising new units both at the place
where you are and in your districts. Wire fulfilment.

[1]Inthe text of the telegram as sent Sklyansky replaced the words
“in the Irgiz area” by the words “in the Orenburg and Ural districts”
—Ed.

[2]Whilethe Southern group of troops of the Eastern Front were
conducting decisive offensive operations against Kolchak, White
Cossack and kulak revolts flared up in a number of front-line areas
(Samara and Orenburg gubernias, the Urals Region).